Showing posts with label development sector. Show all posts
Showing posts with label development sector. Show all posts

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Orange Fleshed Sweetpotato as vegetables for man and animal



Agro Nigeria News


Fasakin Jadesola Oluwayemisi, a trainer cum facilitator is also an all-season vegetable farmer with bias for the cultivation of orange-fleshed-sweet potato. In an exclusive interview in Maya village where her farm is located, she discussed her new found farming-love and sundry issues. Excerpts;
What kind of farming do you practise?
I am a vegetable farmer and specifically into the Orange-fleshed-sweet potato production and am also a vine multiplier.


Pigs being fed with OSFP Leaves
What prompted your interest in farming?
I must say that it was my love for consuming fresh vegetables that triggered my interest and lured me away from my white-collar Job into farming and ever since, it has been a good experience. Thereafter, I developed myself by attending training and seminars on farming.

Friday, October 23, 2015

US pledges more support for Nigeria’s agric sector


Regional Agricultural Counselor in Nigeria for the US Department of Agriculture, Mr Kurt Seifarth, on Thursday restated his government’s commitment to supporting Nigeria in the development of her agriculture sector.
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Seifarth disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on the sidelines of a one-day interactive conference with Nigeria’s retail food business operators.